My 7 German Culture Shocks as an American!!
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- Moving to a new country will inevitably result in some amount of culture shock! As an American who moved to Germany, I talk about a lot of my experiences living in Germany on my channel but here is a video where I talk to you directly about 7 different culture shocks I encountered!
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Hi! I'm Kelly and I am an American who lived in Germany for 18 wonderful months. While I lived abroad before in Turkey and had done quite a bit of traveling beforehand, those 18 months in Germany definitely broadened my perspective of Germany, Europe, and even the US in so many different ways! I wanted to share my perceptions with you guys through TH-cam so that maybe you can gain context to things you've heard about, or learn new information or a different perspective, or maybe this is everything you've heard before and further confirms your world view. No matter what the reason, I hope that you enjoy my videos! Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and turn on notifications so that you always know when I'm posting new content :)
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Living in Germany my entire life... Never ever seen one of these "Smoke breaks"
39 years in Germany, never witnessed this - and I have tons of friends who smoke.
I agree it's not a comment thing
da wird das Essen doch kalt o_O
It is a common thing in Germany? I've seen it already couple of times, but mostly older people like 40-60 they do this.
Same here. Sometimes after having food and then only a few people of the group.
Well, no. 2 isn't a common thing in Germany. Leaving a dinner table with a whole group during the main course... This might be happen in Berlin but definitely not all over Germany. Never ever experienced this kind of behaviour.
Same here, it baffling to me that she encountered this so often. If someone wants to smoke they usually do it while waiting for the food, not during the meal.
Especially not in the middle of dinner. Noone interrupts dinner for a smoke and then returns to continue eating. This has to be a misconception. Going for a smoke after eating is a pretty common thing though. And if you're in a group of smokers, they might all leave at once, which seem to me as the least surprising thing.
I have never seen someone leaving for a smoke during the dinner either. Afterwards yes or maybe before, when the dinner takes a lot of time to come.
Greeting from Berlin! We also don't so such silly things here. Never saw something like this.
I'm german..... and i've never been eating at a restaurant, just to see the whole table disappear for a smoke... especcially in the middle of a dinner ;-)
1. Rent for an apartment can be much higher than 10€ per m² and that is only the so called "cold rent" which means that electricity, water, heating, phone, cable TV and maintenance cost (trash removal, cleaning, gardening) will be on top. It's quite normal, that people in Germany spend 35-50% of there netto income (after tax ) for the rent. Not that cheap and of course except the kitchen, you rent empty rooms without any furniture.
2. That an entire company leaves the table at a restaurant for a smoke break during dinner is very rare. I have never experienced that and I'm a 56 year old local.
3. Paying with your credit card at the gas pump only works for US citizens who have a US credit card and a home ZIP code. As a tourist, even with 2 valid platinum cards (Master + Visa) but without a resident zip code, I had to enter the shop, guess how much $$ my fill would be, get my card charged for that amount, than I could start pumping gas. If I underestimated the needed amount for a complete fill, I have to do that again, if I estimated to much, I had to get back to the store, to get the overpaid $$ transferred back to my credit card. Nowhere could I pump first and pay later at the shop, because they obviously think that every customer is a possible gas thief who makes a run without paying. Nice if you live there, but a stone age system if you are a tourist.
4. To find prostitution in the US is not that hard, since they just cover it up as massage parlors or escort services (happy endings guaranteed). Even open street prostitution can easy be found in big city's like L.A. or San Francisco.
I have never found more prudish and hypocrite people as in the US, sorry to say that.
Sex as as normal part of live in the US, ha ha, but the whole nation goes berserk if a nipple is shown on TV for a split second? LOL
A country, where a mixed sauna is automatically considered as a brothel or a swinger club? Where a commercial for a bra is not shown on TV, but is the biggest producer of porn movies world wide?
Where you can be arrested if you change your wet swim trunks under a wrapped around towel on a public beach? Regarding sex, the US is rely screwed up form a European point of view.
This deserves much more likes
2. We do this all the time between courses^^
100% agree especially about the “sex” view and nudity. I sold video games to a mother and asked her point blank why she would let her 10 year old son play a game where he would be witnessing someone’s head being blown off and forced to torture someone over a game that had a warning of mild nudity...
She couldn’t answer me.
"Die Gemütsverfassung des Durchschnittsamerikaners ist mit "naiv" sehr wohlwollend umschrieben" - Volker Pispers
Fakt
Heilig's blechle. Die gute war bloß überrascht. Sie hat nirgendwo behauptet, die Dinge nicht zu verstehen. Volker Pispers ist der Mario Barth der Satire. USA, kennste, kennste?
@@hansheinrich125 Und wer machts besser?
@@sausagepeople5168 auch wenn Pispers der einzige (und damit auch beste) wäre, ändert das nichts an seiner Qualität
Joa Amis sind seltsam.
I am german, but I have never seen a group of people go out smoking before finshing their meals....
Its normal. I see it a lot and have experienced it a lot.
@sequoia 3312 I havent seen that a full table is leaving, yet I have experienced for example, my Mom, Dad and Aunt going for a smoke leaving me there. Its the same thing. We have a lot of smokers in our family so it happens quite often. It disgusts me - but it happens.
Me too, I think maybe that's because of where you live in Germany
I am german too and never saw that... but I will be looking out for it ... (how strange!)
I am German as well and I do that all the time xD
I always have the feeling Americans think Europe is a country...
edit:
This comment was not ment to hurt someones feelings or to call into question the intelligence of USA citizens
I'm totally aware that the knowledge of some few people does not, in any way, represent the knowledge of an entire nation
And I want to apologize in case someone felt uncomfortable due to reading this comment
Theyre not the smartest nation
To some degree "Europe", when it comes to the "Union", has features of a country.
Because lf the binnengrenzen
They say they are going to "Europe" but what do they mean? What country is Europe? XD
@@maxdavies9958 Same as saying "going to the US", really. Where in the US? The USA is a very large place.
I pay for gas inside. I have an android. I smoke. I am American.
which android?
@@sausagepeople5168
LGL52VL. Not great but works for me. Great price.
Understand a bit english and say, so what??? She said in usa smoking people cigarettes too and use android phone too.
@@poltergeist8014 ???
@@upsidedowndog1256 With this 2 things was nothing special what you said.
being a german i can tell you that not all the people who left are smokers, because even the non-smokers will leave to continue conversation
I am shocked how easily you are getting shocked.
American in Germany:
Has to pay the gas IN the gas station= 😳SHOCK!!!
Hears the word FUCK on the radio= 😳SHOCK!!!
Sees a poster on the street that contains the word FUCK= 😳SHOCK!!!
Sees a brothel= 😳SHOCK!!!
Sees people smoking= 😳SHOCK!!!
Realizes that iphone is overprized trash= 😳😳😳SH-SH-SHOOOCK!!!
German in America:
Sees more gunstores than Mcdonalds= 🤠Ok.
Drinks a beer on the street and get's arrested= 🙁WHAT THE F U C K!!!
Sees the speed limit on the highway= 😒 Yeah, that one will be fun......................................😒
Sees gun controls in schools= 😳Actually shocked!
Goes to California= 😳Nah just kidding!!!😂😂😂
@@rall172 HA that last one. Savage ;D
On first note could say I agree, but glad to hear something different or less-commercial of a talking point.. you know, beer, autobahn, that kind of stuff.. There are like 100 channels talking about beer and autobahn, so I'd rather hear something different lol :P :D
she complains always the germans would smoke a lot... send her to austria! she wont come back! i am sure, she talks that much during she's got sex!
It's just a fun light-hearted video about cultural differences, obviously she's not actually "shocked" in the real sense of this word. Some of y'all are so negative, come on guys
I tell you why germans have to pay their gas into the store - you earn very poor money by selling gas. But selling drinks and items is how the gasoline stations make their profit
I was going to write the exact same thing. Gas stations don't make a lot from gas. They NEED you to come inside and maybe buy something else. That's also why the card pay option - on gas stations that have one - are only active while the gas station "shop" is closed.
Ah and btw someone should tell Kelly that complaining about not being able to name your child like crazy in germany in one video doesn't fit to being shocked about "fuck" isn't censored and smoking is popular in the other.
That's what she said.
This is exactly what my German husband explained to me when I was freaking out about standing in line to pay for gas. But...seriously - it's 8 BUCKS A GALLON!
@@LythaWausW the problem with the price is that the gouverment i taking 80% of the 8 bucks and its only pennys profit for the gasstation
I think you were in a different Germany than in wich i live
mandela effect, bro mandela effect ;3
Dasselbe dachte ich mir auch, was ein bullshit 😂
Where do you guess she lives?
You can't compare Berlin with other capitols. Because of the german history it's much cheaper than elsewhere. Compare Munich instead.
MDomi true you are probably from Munich so you should know that she could not afford a fucking 1 room apartment in nymphenburg
Ist es nicht sogar in Ost-Berlin billiger als im Westen wegen der DDR? So kommt es mir immer vor und ja, Berlin kann man für Mietpreise vergleichen schlecht nehmen
Berlin hasnt the highest rents, Hamburg and Munich are way more expensive
3vr1m try cities in the Stuttgart area and Darmstadt
@@thisisgoddi4517 youre srsly comparing darmstadt with munich ?
3vr1m im not saying that Darmstadt is more expensive than Munich but it is on the top ten list of most expensive cities if you talk about rent. You’re right, Munich is pretty damn expensive with 17,56 € per squaremeter. But still Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Mainz and yes, even Darmstadt are up there.
However I personally believe that looking at rent in cities is problematic. Comparing smaller districts would be more insightful. For example Ditzingen near Stuttgart has a significantly higher rent cost than Stuttgart.
I didn’t want to say that Munich isn’t expensive or that Darmstadt is more expensive but rather that Munich can be expected to be expensive, is a big city. But Darmstadt is one of the smaller cities in Germany but still has incredibly high rent costs.
Sorry for the confusion
@@thisisgoddi4517 alright then.
thisisgoddi I agree Darmstadt is one of the more expensive cities (according to the internet, the average rent is 11,77€/square meter), but I guess it also always depends on where you want to live in the city (which area). Hamburg as an example, the average rent is (according to the same page) 13,26€, but it can increase drastically when you’re renting a flat in the Altstadt, which can be up to 21,35€/square meter.
It's a culture shock to me that thees things are culture shocks.
Yeah ... I never had a culture shock in an other culture, because before I visit a country with an other culture I inform myself about this culture ... xD
@@DasTamii me too.. I don't really get it when people say oh i am so shocked haha 😂
Same
word! But Americans have culture shocks very likely (soon). :) It's part of their episteme.
@@DasTamii that is because u never lived in another country for a year or so
The amount of German commenters, who either do not understand Kelly or who constantly need to be reminded by Kelly, she is only sharing her personal experiences and of course not all Germans are the same, is too damn high!
Now. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us, Kelly. I really enjoy your content :) Keep up the great work!
Petrol stations in Germany make their most money from the snacks and drinks and what ever you can buy in the shop. So when you refill your tank you will see all these snacks or drinks and take one with you.
I'm an American and always pay for gas inside. A lot of Americans do. Personally I usually have to get something anyways, also scammers use the pumps to steal credit card information so I don't use them.
Derek Gray Nah nah nah...... *SHOCK*
#3 is wrong too. Reason for WhatsApp is that text messages were expensive for a long time, so people switched to WhatsApp.
text message from iPhone to IPhone is free. They call it IMessage. It's not a specific kind of app, it is integrated into text messaging.
Telegram!
@@krux02 yeah but not all the time. Also if i wanted to Communicate with someone without an iPhone i still needed whatsapp
@@obivan22431 thats why she talked about whatsapp, its seem in USA everone has iPhone so they can use iMessage
@@obivan22431 Why do you have to use Whatsapp to text someone without an iPhone? (I have never owned an iPhone)
I never saw people interrupt the dinner for a smoke in germany.
I don't like iPhone, because I hate being restricted. And why should I pay for iPhone, when there are lots of better phones with a lower price.
Same
And just thinking of, no wifi, no internet. And then your bud want to send you a picture or something... so that leaves Bluetooth.. if you're having an iphone and the other an android it wouldn't work. (This case happened 4 years ago, dont know if it's the same today)
And then you need for every thin an extra...(if you have an iphone) extra port for aux, extra port for charging, extra Bluetooth radio with the function to connect with iphones...
So at least you're not just paying 1.000€ for the iphone, you're paying extra for everything . That leaves you maybe by 2000€
I witnessed a bunch of smoke breakes in Germany. It's not at all common, but happens if pretty much everyone is a smoker and there is no warm food on the table anymore.
Yeah, same. I can charge basically everywhere since all chargers are the same, except for Iphones. I can watch every video I am sent, Iphone users never can see mine and more.
I had a windows phone before, and I loved it. All the apps were deletable (unlike android or apple) so now with my android I have a million unused apps taking up memory space. Then again, I can just insert a new SD-card (unlike Iphones)and triple the memory space (or much more, depending on the SD-card.) It's just more convient and user friendly.
My friends do it all the time.
hahaha, "red lights" (more like violet lights I guess) in windows in my country means someone's growing their plants 😂
or it is a dark room, with the small lights on
you think it's not modern to pay face to face.....mh sad how unpersonal the people get.
I bet every german can sing 'country roads' with perfect lyrics.
huener helt learned it in primary school or junior high and I dont know why, probably because my teacher could play the guitar and was bored
I never heard it... I live in Germany my hole live
LANDSTRASSEEEEEE BRING MICH NACH HAUUUUUS ZU DEM ORRRRRT WO ICH HINGEHÖÖÖÖÖRR Well i dunno… that song would not really work in German.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 Yes in german in would sound dumb but this is with many songs the english original sounds better. Ypu´re part would then be: Country Road take me home to the place i belong.
But not all german music is bad but the bad thing the from japan by modern music most loved is actually less and less made.
I talk about the german versions or the german interprtations of anime openings. Just look at Inuyasha the german version sounds great with good music and text and the meaning of the text just fit´s with the story. The japanese version well i don´t really get it sounds for me more like some kind of Schlager. By the way i´m a german too and i´m not sure if Schlager es such have an english word.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 I wonder if it sounds as stupid to english natives in english. xD
I thought the most shocking thing would be seing 16 year old people drinking Beer because in some states in America you are allowed to drink alcohole at the age of 21
I have another video planned for this because yes, that was really shocking haha
The strange part is that they are allowed to drive and fight in wars before they are allowed to drink alcohol...
@@nadinerick1182 this isn't strange in my opinion because if they respect the law they will drive 5 years without any contact to alcohole
Puerto Rico its 18 years when it's legal. :)
Nadine Rick it's because America has more cars and highways than trains and railway lines.
Hi. I'm a 58years old german and I've never ever seen people interupting their meal for smoking a cigarette, neither in gemany, nor in france, great britain, netherlands.......
well i personaly prefere an android phone because you simply get more functionality for a smaller price
Americans call that "frugal". Amazeballs !
oh der Cludo dich hätte ich hier nicht erwartet
@@sascha5724 warum das denn?
@@rammsterdamm020 really? I always thought frugal meant taking the cheaper stuff even when the quality is much lower. Taking something that's cheaper AND better just seams like the smart thing to do 🤷♀️
Berlin is actually on the cheaper side when it comes to rent. Look at rent prices in Munich or Stuttgart....
Stuttgarter here, can confirm.
@@l33tnobody1337 Tübingen here ;) Pretty much as bad as Stuttgart lol
@@ThePrism21 Yeah, other Cities in the area aren't much different.. Ludwigsburg, Fellbach (where I live), Waiblingen, Reutlingen, Nürtingen, Sindelfingen, Böblingen Esslingen. If it's close to Stuttgart (using the term "close" very loosely here) it's most likely expensive.
What city beside Berlin, is cheap?
@@l33tnobody1337 same for Heilbronn
My thoghts about thse:
1. The talk about 10€ per square meter is problematic. The rule of thumb in Germany is that the rent should not exceed 30 percent of the income after tax, pension payments and health care. Nowadays, it often exceeds 40 percent, and in some cities like Munich, it is higher than most people earn. If I interpolate what you said, then the rent for that Washington appartment exceed 2150 USD, which is more than the average income in Germany.
2. I have never seen such a smoke break as you described. This is completely uncommon in restaurants, and in bars only some of the poeple leave the table.
3. Android is preferred because of better value, iPhones are too expensive. Nowadays, Samsung is going down the same route nad becoming increasingly less popular. A lot of people here like to spend about 300-400 EUR for a smart phone, not more. Also, a lot of people dislike the vendor lock-in and silly limitations like not being able to directly access files on the phone when it is connected to a PC.
4. You are right about German gas stations. They are taking over the role of convenience stores over here and make almost no profit from the gas itself.
5. Swearing is a part of everybody's life, so it's unnatural to remove it from the media. Also, sometimes people just don't care or they don't even understand. Have a look at this classic commercial form the Netherlands: th-cam.com/video/7nQ9lmriWOc/w-d-xo.html
6. That singing along depends. But sure, American music is played all the time. And british music. And english language music from Sweden. And, and, and...
7. Making prostitution legal is important to ensure social security for sex workers. Also, why waive the opportunity to collect takes for these businesses?
You´re completely right ! My only "shock" was to see, what Kelly shocked in Germany ... especially her feeling of the numbers of smoking in Germany. I never smoked, in my family nobody smokes and the only person I remember smoking is the cowboy from the Marlboro commercial...
Apple and Android are both american products - so why the "culture shock"...???
Additional to 1.: There are cheap prices, for example for food, because we have one of the biggest low income sectors in Europe, when it comes to employment (th-cam.com/video/Uxs0asqdSAk/w-d-xo.html). Now this also explains why the rents are high and getting higher from the (average) German's point of view, because they spend like 30 to 70 % of their income for these rents!
I totally agree with everything listed above. Maybe as a little addition: to #2 just like a lot people who already commented on this, I never experienced this kind of smoking break. Usually everyone finishes their food before leaving for a cigarette, sometimes taking a drink with them, but never standing up in the middle of dinner, leaving the food on the table.
To #4: There is a security aspect to this, too. Having people come into the station gives both sides control over the act of payment. Aside from that, yes, almost everyone going in will buy something. Even if it is only a snack, something to drink or some chewing gum.
To #5: English swear-words aren't removed from media as it is a foreign language and radio stations as well as television try to honor the original content without meddling with it. You will hear German swear words being censored. Making thema radio edit, too. There is a common rule in media in Germany to only play the uncensored versions on TV or radio after 10pm, as the audience should be old enough to understand or deal with them.
The situation should be just like in the US. If I remember correctly, they censor the english swear words, but none of the foreign languages. I even came across a pub in LA which seemed to make it a fun game to put as many German curse words on the menu as possible.
To #6: the world of German music just seems a little limited, so everyone try to seek music to their liking in the variety of world music. USA being the biggest musical provider will have the most possibilities for everyone. Even German musicians try to sing in english to maybe be invited on a tour in North America.
I've seen those smoke breaks. However not so common while there is still leftovers from the meal. Usually after eating and while staying for drinks. Completely Empty tables have been a common sight for me when I was younger. Since less and less people are smoking, it becomes more common to see 1 or 2 people staying at the table.
Also for the brothels. They aren't as accepted as it might seem. Whenever a new one opens in a small town, there is a lot of countermovement. People are afraid of the people running those places. And while yes, legalising them is needed to ensure social security for the sex workers, it also makes it even harder to take down people who are forcing others into this kind of work, I think. Very complex if you ask me and I am not really decided for myself if I think brothels being legal in Germany is a good thing or not.
4. I am shocked she did not notice that she is lured into a shop. Never bought a chewing gum there?
5. Germans are a bit special in this even compared to the rest of Europe, though. Not the word she bleeped out, that is hardly noteworthy if you are not overly prudish. But Germans do have a quirky fascination with errr, the waste products of biological bodies. And not just Knorkator, or Rammstein.
6. Meh, we sing along in all languages we speak, and those we do not speak, as well. My fave is listening to people singing along in Finnish. You know, all that cool Finnish metal. But if they need to feel shpeshul when we know their music, be our guests. We are just not so insecure that we bother noticing such things. Maybe she should compare it with folks knowing Rammstein texts by heart, and German is not exactly a language spoken around the globe.
Which reminds me of a crime of my parents: I do not think I will ever forget the text of "voulez vous couchez avec moi, ce soir". In some areas you can still hear that song to this day, including the elderly folks singing along. I guess "voulez vous *bleep* avec moi" just doesn't cut it, so I figure no one would ever be tempted to sing along with such "pop culture" over there.
What's this? The most point aren't True... By the way: I'm german
sooo i got to 5 minutes of the video and have to say... i want my 5 minutes back.. thats that whakest video ive seen in long time... shocking how easily she is shocked 😂😂😂😂😂
You were shocked by that? Man, you're easily shocked.
In the us, you are more afraid of breasts than arms. That's why you have radio versions of songs.
>That's why you have radio versions of songs.
And school shootings. -.-
I live in Germany, I smoked for 15 years and know a lot of people who still smoke and I have NEVER seen anyone take a smoke break DURING a meal. I don't know where might have seen that, but it's not something inherently german..
KaBeeM
In European part of Russia IT IS VERY common to leave the meal to smoke a cigarette outside the... restaurant? so maybe she saw Russians doing that in Germany and thought they were Germans.
maybe they were finished but didn't eat all.
In live in germany too and I'm not at all surprised by that
Yep, russians do that!))))
In Hürth am kino gibt es welche
Wow, Germany sounds honestly amazing these days, more advanced than the U.S
In some as aspects thats maybe true. Look how we handle the Corona Crisis so far. Definitly better than the US. But surely there are other things where the US is "superior" or has an advantage.
@@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065Only the military is suppirior. Nothing else really.
@@freddyk9311 True, that would be clearly one example. German military has become more or less ineffective.
When I lived in Germany, we still smoked in restaurants and I picked up the habit of smoking while eating, like my German friends. Coming up on 5 years since I quit! Whew..... lol.... I'm moving back next year.
If you want to see the German Lifestyle, don't live in Berlin 🤷♂️😅
Haha. Berlin in den 80/90ern war Oldschool Industrieumbruchstimmungheute Nur noch ein Moloch für Hippe Neureiche Süddeutsche
ffs if you want real german culture move to Chile or Argentina
Oliver Brands the moment people talk about Germany but live in Berlin. Stupid and ignorant
Ja - Berlin ist schlicht ein Drecksloch für den Abschaum dieses "Landes" in mehrfacher Hinsicht.
Exactly
An American woman is shocked about the freedomof art...
Oh the land of Freedom
Freedom of art.... _sees Artikel 13_
Welp, that's it with the freedom 🤠🤠🤠
@@yoonsuckz3107 you got brainwashed by the media. its a great idea to solve things like fake news and meme stealing. just the media and people who watched it are worried about it while everyone else doesnt give a fk. very strange right?
@@hfweuiofnweuio500 Dafuq are you talking about
Propaganda Minister wat
@@hfweuiofnweuio500 brainwashed by the media? if you haven't noticed yet, the mainstream media is promoting article 13
Just to tell you, Germans who have never lived abroad think their country is super modern. I am German, lived for 5 years in Poland, half a year in Norway and both countries are more modern than Germany. I'm not surprised about anything anymore since my return.
Hi Kelly.
I am from Germany and this video was very interesting for me.
You wonder how open we are with things that are forbitten in the US.
Let me tell you about when I first met a former colleage of mine.
He came to Germany as a GI, fell in love to a German woman and when his military time was over he married her and stayed in Germany.
When I first met DJ I said "Hey so you are from the land of the free.".
That was his answer:
"No, this here, Germany, is the land of the free. America is the land of the limited!"
Greetings from Germany
#3 While you see the iPhone as a luxury good and associate positive things with it and their owner, I see it as an overpriced and technically behind product. Therefor my initial assumption is that the owner is not that smart until proven otherwise.
Well, for one, there's no bloatware on IPhones. I really hated those useless apps that would only eat up my storage. I also like my display to be clean and minimalistic. Like, why would I want an icon that shows that I switched off automatic downloads when I'm not connected via W-Lan? Then again, I can't take anyone serious who gets the newest iPhone OR Samsung etc just because it's new.
@@nadinerick1182 Hmm, wasn't it on the iPhone where you couldn't remove icons from the home screen? There are obviously arguments for the iPhone but picking this?
@@outlucked I juat noticed how the icon bar of a coworker was so much more crowded than mine. Like, an icon because you switched something OFF seemed ridiculous.
Generally, I just like its simplicity and design. but I don't really care about any brand as such.
iOS and Android is just personal preference. Has nothing to do with being smart. I don't think it is smart to buy a phone every two years and pay 1000bucks for it. Explain to me what you mean with technically behind. I think in general germans just don't see a smartphone as a luxury item and they always want their best for their money, which is imo a really subjective topic. Because your best isn't necessarily my best.
@@jooplin my best is good enough. when it comes to phones that is!
There are automated gas stations in Germany. But most people do not like them and they are more on remote places...
I never came across one in Germany haha but as soon as I would cross the border to the Netherlands, for example, there was an immediate difference in gas stations where I could pay at the pump
@@Kellydoesherthing come to the gas station of hemme, Schleswig-Holstein, Dithmarschen. There is one which is fully automatic.
You lived in Mainz!!! I know that train station.
I live in Munich and there are several automatic gas stations. The one I usually got to is the one at the V-Markt (Balanstr.) where you can choose if you like to pay at the cashier or at the gas pump. If you pay at the gas pump, you even get a discount voucher of 2ct per liter. And they often sell the cheapest fuel around without this discount.
*12 years
i can confirm from different rural areas that first somewhat encouraged attempts actually happen around that age becoming excessive for some teens around 14 yo
i'm now 23 and for my feeling had to sometimes fight against alcohol offerings since beeing around 15 which i strongly disagree with...
i hate the way alcohol is almost worshipped where even our Drugminister posts pictures of her schnaps but says e.g. that cannabis is forbidden because its illegal.
i guess its encouraged because it keeps us 'busy and happy' so the government can keep on doing nothing for the individuals and pushing corporations
sorry that topic gets me going ._.
8:11 Here in Brazil we don't even leave the car to pay (yes, even with cash). We pay to the gas station employee (which also pumps) from the car window.
People getting up as a group to go outside for a smoke is something I saw the first time in NYC...
Now as a German I finally understand what "Radio Edit" means.
I always thought it was more about shortening the duration of the tracks
though I also got to know:
black eyed peas - let's get it started
was originally named
Let's get retarded
I think this is a good example for why having radio versions of songs might not be so terrible. Mostly the non-radio versions of songs are just loaded up on profanity. Is this artistic? I guess it might be. But then using "retarded" in song lyrics, and having it play all the time, I think maybe we're better off not hearing that.
@@Albatrosspro1 it's the artists call. Censoring it is unjustifiable intervention.
I respect your opinion, but I think in the world right now, the selective censorship of profanity is one of the most justifiable forms of limiting free speech. There are many things that it is not socially acceptable to say that are much more true and more valuable to humanity than "f***".
@@Albatrosspro1 so "there are worse instances of censorship" is an argument to perpetuate it in this instance? Don't get me wrong it's fine if you disapprove of profanity but wouldn't it be the better approach if the people taking issue with it would stop listening rather than stopping people from distributing.
Now I finally understand the difference between free speech and free *beep* .
Land of the beep :D
why did she beep? :O dont understand
Poor Americans, lacking basic freedom of speech.
They can't even shout "America, fuck yeah!" on the radio without having to beep.
@@michielvoetberg4634 but on youtube you dont have to beep do you?
@@StokesburyUSA //Please, educate yourself: www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/human-freedom-index-2018-newsrelease.pdf.
You went to 1 place in Germany and think you know it all... so Hillarious :)
don’t bash her, she’s sharing her individual experience. if not every place in Germany has ALL the things she described, so what?
Bethany she talk about this things as they are typical but they’re not, that’s it
She must have travelled around Germany. And it doesn't surprised me because Germans hardly follow trends, they create theirs or be very late in the game. They're the strangest Westerners.
She... she lived there?
@@Nele-vg7js No, she does not. She's simply sharing her own experiences. Of course she's generalizing a bit - just like Germans do, when they say Americans love their weapons. A lot do - but most definitely not all of them.
Best line in the entire video: Hey guys! I'm Misha.. I'm playing the part of German boyfriend xDDDD
What's luxurious about Apple? It's cheaply made and expensive.
@@moxxer22 I buy android because Apple is American, and no better than it's Asian counterpart.
I also find that Apple products are "rigged" to not last as long, but are faaaar more expensive.
For me Apple=rip off.
Things being expensive creates the expection/illusion of them being of higher quality. If Apple weren't that expensive, it would have no chance against Samsung and the likes, because they rely on that illusion.
@@moxxer22
So google is Asian in the mind of Muricans? LUL!!!
Spity huawei samsung lenovo...
@@moxxer22
These are Hardware manufacturers. Android is made by Google in the US like apple does IOS. And their Hardware manufacturer is Foxcon. A Chinese company with Samsung screens...
I've never seen anyone taking a smoke break in restaurants.
I did but certainly not the whole table at the same time
I've seen it a lot and still do. But I'm surrounded by smokers who need at least 3 cigarettes a day to survive.
@@megalodon4586 I see it also but most of the time not the whole table at the same time
maybe we don't go to the same restaurants :)
You know nothing! John Snow
@@KalleVonEi ?????
Hi guys, an explanation for the set up of a German gas station. The gas in Germany is taxed very high and the station owner only makes a something like 2 ct of profit per sold liter of gas. For that reason each station is set up as a kind of convenient store. So the sales of the products in the store generate the majority its profit. Now you can guess whey there is no option to pay at the pump and drive off.
The reason why we don’t want people to pay at the pump is that the margin on gas is still low. When they are in the shop there is a chance they buy a snack or drink on an impulse which have rather high profit margins. Most stations could not survive on gas sales alone
OMG, being "shocked" by paying your gas inside the gas station....
...being "shocked" by the popularity of Android....
...this is "shocking" to me😂
even tho android phones are mostly superior. (if you pick the right one (poco f1 by xiaomi))
Erstens gibt es zumindest in NRW viele Tankstellen, bei denen man nur noch mit Karte an der Zapfsäule tanken kann und zweitens war ich 2003 in den USA schockiert, meine Kreditkarte in der Gas Station abgeben zu müssen, bevor ich tanken durfte und konnte mir die Karte anschließend wieder holen. Das fand ich echt schräg.
I'm shocked by the "English" some people produce in the comments 😂
Typical stereotype of a simple minded us girl.
Wow. Ok, this is so embarrassing as an American. Please let me speak for the rest of us who didn't grow up Amish.
c H E A P - I have lived my whole life in Germany and I am still broke as hell
Same
Edit: why do i watch this
Germans are the poorest people in Europe as measured by median net worth.
That´s what I was thinking!
@@Steve-yd9ki I find that very hard to believe....
@@saammmy7 so check it for yourself ^^
I‘m German and have never seen an entire group of people interrupt any meal to go smoke. That‘s just weird.
If you like to know an important reason why you have to go inside to pay at a gas station:
In Germany we have pretty strickt laws about opening times of stores. Stores have to close at 20:00. Gas stations have the permit to be open 24/7 so they are convenient stores. Like most stores gas station like to have you go around and buy as much as possible.
We buy Android because we pay for the technology in our hand and not the logo on the device
So true
That profile pic fits perfectly to this statement 😀👌🏻
Epic Panzer_1 Well, then you pay for crappy technology.😜👍🏻
THANK YOU!
@@mineduggery3309 Android is objectively more potent than Apple. you can get phones with similar capabilities for half the price, or you can pay the same and get a significantly better phone.
Berlin is by far not the most expensive place to live. Munich and Hamburg are much more expensive. That's because Berlin is not that important economically. That is something special about Germany
Berlin is (one of? ) the only capitals that costs more money than it generates
Alles eine Frage des Bezirks
@@Ruuod twitter.com/simongerman600/status/924753212317536256?s=19
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i promise you, regardless of the city, my point remains the same - rent in germany is cheaper than what i expected. i expected the types of prices you see in switzerland. does that clarify it better?
@@Kellydoesherthing living in Hamburg Altona, or Munich Grünewald or Stuttgart Killesberg is horrendous. If you compare square meter prices to Dc its actually a bit cheaper but not cheap by any means.
I love the fact that songs are played on the radio here with all the language included. In fact, the station I listen to most, comes out Austria. Many of the DJs are native English speakers, Canadian, Irish, Brit, American, etc. You can tell that the North American folks in particular relish the opportunity to use real language. It's not just the songs. They don't abuse that privilege, but it's quite apparent they enjoy the freedom.....
2) You just went to restaurants with peculiar guests.
3) You have a peculiar group of friends. My friends would ask you for your number and would just look if you used e.g. Threema.
4) Paying at the pump exists, especially for remote stations. Your guess is right: forcing people to pay inside increases revenue.
Funny video. Stay some more years, you'll find even weirder things ;)
smokers don’t have a smoke break during dinner/lunch but after and/or before...... never seen a smoker having one while still having food on the plate 🤔🤷🏻♀️
then.... you dont know me :D
Lol I see this like soooo often .
video title is _"Culture Shocks"_
-> talks about different smartphones
Thats american "culture" for you.
Ay lmao
😂😂
Only american/brainwashed idiot thinks that iDevices are good
That´s really ridiculous for both Apple AND Android (Google) are american products !!!
Android doesn't suck
yes, she totally says that thats american culture, and nothing more. good point.
There are a couple of smaller gas station with a terminal allowing you to pay with your Credit or debit card directly, but these usually are the one attached to some other business (e.g. supermarket or a car repair shop). I guess forcing the customers to pay at the counter inside is rather meant to get people into the shop. (In Germany, gas stations usually make more money on whatever they sell in the shop than on the gas itself)
The gas station thing is the same in a lot of countries; It's the business model; the people who run the gas stations dont make much or any money from fuel sales and just use them to get potential customers into what is essentially a convenience store. I think the fuel companies pay the capital costs or lease the floor space or something. If you go to a supermarket which sells fuel this doesn't apply, so you can pay at the pump.
Very well put!!
Regarding the whole iPhone issue: in Germany you have quite a lot of people who are rather critical of large companies like Google (or ABC as they are now called, I think?), facebook or Apple, because of their tendency to create all-encompassing, more or less closed and proprietary systems (speaking of both hardware and/or services). This business model is frowned upon as it is seen as some kind of "digital totality", which in itself carries the seed of a potential "digital totalitarianism", as in big companies watching, evaluating and in the end controlling every one of our digital footsteps.
But you are also right in your vid, as often people state that they think that iPhones are "form over function" stuff that only works well because of the closed, proprietary nature of the Apple/iOS world, while being way overpriced when looked at as a simple piece of technology. People who prefer using Apple products are often refered to as "Apple disciples", meaning that they are drivenby some digital lifestyle cult instead of rational consideration.
Do you want "Calculator" allow to make and manage phone calls?
The only intellectual comment in this section
The parent company of Google is called Alphabet, but close enough :-D
People are critical of them but they still use them.
I totally second this.
I think you got that wrong with the luxury stuff. In germany and europe its just more common to care about the quality and the Features than the Name Apple or something else. Just compare the Interior of european cars with American cars than you see the big quality difference and why we dont have many American cars 🤷♂️
indeed, when I first saw a Tesla, I checked the clearance of doors/etc. and was shocked about that crap, even some aged Lada does a lot better.
Ford makes really good cars (nowdays), Yes they Don't have the Most expensive interiours, but are usually cheaper than comparatively equiped VW's or Skoda's.
And VW just builds crap, i seriously can't get into my head how someone can build something so horribly Bad to repair.
@@sinthoras1306 Thats true, but every car sucks to repair today. I really like Ford for their pricing and the new Focus is really good but i always have to say if you take a look, as you mentioned, on VW (and i really don't like VW) the overall quality is just higher (not in every car of them for sure) and the infotainment is really good. My company Car is a Ford Mondeo and its nice that i can use Android Auto/Car but if i want to connect my company phone at the same time there's no chance to do it while in a VW i can connect 3 Phones or more while using Android Auto/Car. just little things like that :D
Your hatred of Americans is creepy. Stop the hate
I pay in Frankfurt about 15 €/m²
that's in Frankfurt like really cheap !
Saw Even Apartmens for about 30 €/m²
Where have you lived in Germany ?
Would like to move there
i lived in Mainz, not far from Frankfurt ;) and i think maybe i just didn't explain my point well so let me put it this way - i expected the rent prices in germany to be the sort of rent prices you see in switzerland.
Kelly does her thing I see
well than it’s kind a cheap
And compared to the other Germans I agree mostly with the rest you are saying
You have a great eye for details because you realise things about Germans that the most strangers wouldn’t
Thank you for your videos
Schnellente W thank you I appreciate that :)
To point 2: i am Austrian and Non smoker, and i totally understand what you mean about people interrupting their meal to have a smoke outside! This is so stupid and I hate people doing this everytime! Had a lot vacations in the US, and there you gotta search for people who smoke over there... and here youre like an Alien, when you dont go outside with them, because you dont smoke.
#3 Besides pricing, Apple is doing many things in a weirdly proprietary and incompatible way, and it's less open.
One thing i dont like in Apple (i have mini mac) is that they want my credit card info , to me to be able to load FREE upgrades to their apps , that they provided with this computer.
OP and browser are free and easy to update but rest , what are they thinking ?
Oh hey , i have this its FREE , but first i need your credit card info before i give it to you ... sounds like a scam .
Also iPhone aint nothing but trouble , running extremely hot , short battery life and winter , iPhone does not seem to like it at all ... then again its still best selling Nokia model.
Yes, Germans are very suspicious of Apple and their handling of data. Also, we hate proprietary set-ups that force you into buying more stuff.
@@pete_lind I've been using Apple products for a long time now, both computers and iPhones, and I never had to enter any credit card info to download any updates, or for anything else for that matter. I don't even have a credit card. O.o
@Hans you mean because on google you can't just watch through someones camera without them knowing through a bug?
Also iPhones are like 100-200 bucks cheaper in the US
To me, as a german, "fuck" does not feel as strong as our german analogue. Perhaps it is because one can never really understand how this word is received by a native speaker. To me, it is basically a "light" version, perhaps even a real german word with its own meaning by now. We use our own "native" word a lot more sparingly (as demonstrated by the fact that i dont even write it here ;-) ). It feels like that we somehow managed to find a way to still say this word, without saying it.
"Fuck" ist in Deutschland eher weniger benutzt, da unsere Art von Schimpfwörtern eher auf Kot fokussiert ist.
In Amerika ist es eher sexuell gerichtet z.B. "dickhead"
Der Punkt ist aber, dass wenn im deutschen Fernsehen oder in deutschen Songs Schimpfwörter vorkommen, diese nie Gepiebt werden
@@lovingLANA20 Einmal hab ich einen song im radio gehört und da wurde z.B "bullshit" gepiept
ja das liegt an unserem anderen Fokus von Tabus. Bei uns ist Sex normal, aber Scheiße ist schmutzig, also haben viele Schimpfwörter mit scheisse oder Ärschen zu tun.
You're right, "fuck" serves as a kind of everyday swear word in German, at least to me. Whenever I (or another person) mess/-es something up (badly) I'm like "oooh fuck."
When I'm kinda surprised but angry I say "feck!" like when I tried something in a video game and it didn't work.
When a friend tells me a sad story I often go like "fuuuuck..."
If a machine doesn't work as I want it to I am like "FVCKING SCHEISS *add a Gerät in there (PC! Handy!) MACH WAS DU SOLLST!" and sometimes even add a "for feck's sake" to it.
Edit: ich weiß auch nicht, warum ich den Kommentar auf englisch schrieb.. wahrscheinlich, um meinen Standpunkt auch auf englisch vertreten zu können :D
I'm from Germany and it's so funny to hear from an American how they see Germany that's pretty funny 😂👍😊
I spent a couple of weeks in Bavaria back in the late 1990s and the biggest culture shock for me was buying a beer from a vending machine right off the street.
Well, I'm a german who moved to the US and paying right at the gas pump for your gas was sort of a reverse culture shock for me XD
Ok, more like it was part of the culture shock. I think the main reason for the US having to make it as efficient and quick as possible is that cars have a more prominent role in the US. Of course in germany most people own a car and there is quite a lot of traffic, but there are also a lot of people still using public transportation, which is not really an option in most places in the US, especially outside the cities, mostly because of how far everything is spread out. So I think Germany has less need for being being able to do everything from your car, because cars overall have a different value.
I for example had a drivers license ever since I was able to get one, but I never had a car in Germany, because I was able to get everywhere by train, bus or on foot. I considered a car a waste of space and money, because I was able to do without one just fine and I lived in a small town as well as a city in germany. Since I moved to the US I can't really do without a car anymore, I wouldn't be able to get anywhere really.
Just my 2 cents on the matter...
I completely agree with your reasoning. I’m just thinking of the insanity that would ensue at US gas stations if everyone had to go inside and pay. The lines would be insanely long haha
Ja und die Umwelt sagt danke... Ich hoffe die Verwendung von Brennstoffmotoren ist in den nächsten 20 Jahren verboten.
you dont know why people in Germany listen to american music? you havent heard German Pop, do you?
Lololol
Marchening actually it‘s just as bad as american pop. :P
@@Koresos. Nothing is worse than German "Schlager". You have to be super drunk to be able to endure it.
Marchening Die Aertzte? Whenn you are old enough...;)
@@adorinadorin thats not Pop
Hatten Sie jemals eine Darmspülung? Ich hatte dies vor kurzem und fühle mich 100% besser.
So viel Unsinn an einem Stück...
Ist halt ihr Eindruck.
@@Don_Turbulento76 Natürlich ist das meine Meinung, wessen Meinung wohl sonst...
I remember an interview of a popular rock band after a world tour (don't remember which band it was, sry). They were asked if there were differences between fans in the different countries, certain habits that were more or less typical for those regions. They mentioned all kind of things, but one thing I still remember is what they said about German fans. They told the reporter that the German fans knew every single song by heart not just the refrain like most fans but everything and that they would sing along for the whole duration of the concert.
I totally believe that. Thanks for taking the time to share this with me...that’s really interesting and a great question from the interviewer to ask
I'm from Germany, and it's totally normal that German people know nearly all of the song lyrics, which is playd on the radio (not with all songs but most of them)
Greetings from Germany ❤
PS: Sry for my English, I'm only 13 and l learn it at school
@@bernhardhanke3724 i would much rather say, that if they are a fan of an artist, or if they like a specific song, they know most lyrics of it, usually :)
Yeah I agree, I also can admit that I am like this too.
I have been to 3 concerts in my life (all in 1 year) and I permanently sang along
Also if I am just listening to music I know the lyrics of nearly every song.
I heard that several times. As far as I can recall, it were Runrig, R.E.M., Radiohead, Muse and Metallica. I think Thome Yorke was particularly irritated by this. I seem to remember hearing James Hetfield say, he had a sore throat the other night, but nobody in the audience noticed it, because they were all singing along anyway. Michael Stipe said in an interview that the German audience usually knew the words to “It's The End of The World” better than he did.
The main reason for android over iPhone are the many more options. How can this even be a question?! It's not the price, it's that you can extent your storage if you want, save things on the phone and not only in the cloud, use all kinds of headphones etc.
The smoke brake thing: It's due to a law no longer being allowed to smoke in clubs/bars. That ten people leave for a smoke break doesn't mean that they are all (or even the majority) smokers, BTW. It's just more social if the entire group does this together.
In the US you have where low quality gas, look at octane 93 as highest.
Stuff like cars and clothing is definitely way cheaper in the US.
Yes, new cars are sold cheaper in the US, even German cars are sold cheaper in the US. Same with brand clothing. I bet she just sees them cheaper here because used cars lose their value very fast in Germany, and we have many no name clothes which are very cheap.
@@maythesciencebewithyou the reason german cars are sold cheaper, is because the quality isn´t the same. german cars made for the us market mostly have poor quality
My daughter pays sometimes as little as 2,50 Euros for a new T-Shirt from a normal shop in Germany. Hardly believe it gets cheaper in the US.
@@gardenjoy5223 Well but then it's a very shitty tshirt. Even the 5 to 7 euro tshirts in c&a or h&m stores have to be replaced in one to two years. You get high quality shirts from about 10 euros.
@@tschesny Since the fashion is different next year, my daughter doesn't care it doesn't last too long. Two years is tops for any T-Shirt, no matter what the quality.
Brothels are legal, because that was the best way to stop exploitation. Sex-workers, as we call them, get access to special medical monitoring, get social care and in return pay taxes. They can sue costumers and get statutory help in case of exploitation. So - no pimps, all the money goes directly to the worker.
That all may seem disreputable, but you simply has to face the facts, that you can't thwart prostitution. And i think this typical german, to have a legal practical framework even for things, everyone else would rather like to vilify and in consequence scrap from the political agenda .
Eh, it's not like it's really working to protect prostitutes. There's a reason Germany is called the brothel of Europe.
Exploitation is still very real. Including human trafficking for sex work. Just banning it won't work, as the US shows, but the way we regulate prostitution isn't working out so well either. We need a better system still.
All that aside, why should prostitution even be illegal? A crime is any act that damages another person or the general public. With prostitution, nobody is harmed. Moral outrage is not a good reason to outlaw something. It's the same logic why gay sex should not be illegal.
There is no perfect solution, especially when the subject of matter is already a moral offside to start with.
Legalizing prostitution was a delicate matter here in germany, and we did a very rational approach. In the end the pros beat moral objections.
That germany became the brothel of europe is follow-up, that also has it pros and cons. With a legal status and a protective framework sex-work became lucrative for foreign nationals. On the first glance this may look like a failure, but basically this has drained women exploitation beyond our borders.
I have just read in the Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Germany) that you even may get visas for sex-working.
Summarized, we did a very sensible approach to a scorned subject, and it had an impact how other countries see us. But i see it as walking an high road out of pure reasoning. And that's why i like it as part of the german culture.
There may not be a pimp, but usually prostitutes have to rent their room for - the one site I checked out - a pretty hefty daily or weekly sum. But I guess it's better that way than having to work a street corner.
@@flashnfantasy As far as I know, female and male prostitution has always been legal in post-war West Germany. There were alterations over the years concerning its status, tax and welfare implications, but not its legality as such. The only kind of prostitution being illegal was male to male, and that was legalised at the same time gay sex became legal in 1969.
There are gas stations where you can pay outside. We call them free gas stations and normally these gas stations don't have a shop and are open 24/7.
In Germany, there is a bakery in every neighborhood, where you can get real bread, while in the US, you have to eat synthetic bread made out of genetically modified wheat, to which corn syrup has been added.
I have never in my life seen smoke breaks either… the "no smoking in restaurants" is a pretty new development (I heartily approve though). Well, from a 50+ year view anyway.
About the first. Topic. Yes living cost are cheaper in Germany, but compare it to our taxes.
And if you compare that, you'd realize that we in Germany are better off than the US. Wisdom teeth removal costs nothing Bc of insurance. Google how much the removal is in the US 😂 😂
Yes, and also additional to the taxes: There are cheap prices, for example for food, because we have one of the biggest low income sectors in Europe, when it comes to employment (th-cam.com/video/Uxs0asqdSAk/w-d-xo.html). Now this also explains why the rents are high and getting higher from the (average) German's point of view, because they spend like 30 to 70 % of their income for these rents! Speaking for food prices there is not also overproduction ( a surplus in agricultural products, like in many "highly developed" countries with highly industrial agriculture ), but also cartell-like / monopolistic strutures in the companies owning the ruling supermarket and discounter chains, so they just can make up these prices and have the power to force these low prices on the local farmers, as well as affecting the income of the agricultural workers through it. Those are mainly from Romania and fewer and fewer from Poland ( who don't get "Mindestlohn" - minimum wage, but it's speial arrangement in the law that the farmers are allowed to pay under minimum wage and only must rise it slowy ever year to reach that wage somewhen next decade ). This power also affects the prices of imported food as well, mainly from Spain / Italy when it comes to vegetables, where the working conditions of migrants from mainly Africa are much worse and almost slave-like. To some degree the supermarket companies can use the cheap (vegetable) imports of these countries to increase pressure on local (conventional) farmers. Cheap imports, -> because the environment is destroyed (water crisis in Almería, Spain, external costs that are not included in the food prices for the consumer in Germany), and, -> because the workers are cheap(er) there. And in many cases THE MAFIA enforces these working situations there ( threatening workers and organising illegal immigration). Is it the same in the USA with Mexico and the Mexicans? However, WELCOME TO EUROPE. ZEIT: " Erntehelfer: Sie wollen hier nicht mehr arbeiten" www.zeit.de/arbeit/2018-07/erntehelfer-saisonkraefte-mangel-landwirtschaft-agrarbereich ARD: "Europas dreckige Ernte": th-cam.com/video/j7LclQRn3lg/w-d-xo.html The Guardian: "Salad slaves: Who really provides our vegetables." th-cam.com/video/oZl1eBU4Qx0/w-d-xo.html " Moderne Sklaverei - in den Gewächshäusern der spanischen Provinz Almería/ Spanien" th-cam.com/video/bB-ekTZUpPU/w-d-xo.html
@@Asehhar what are you talking about? "Costs nothing" ? What do you think you're paying monthly if not for your health insurance? And your employer is paying the other half? Think an average monthly payment to a German health insurance is around 500€? Correct me if I'm totally wrong there, but that doesn't sound like nothing to me. Considering you have only 4 wisdom teeth, I'd say the removal is paid for tenfold in the time that you don't use the insurance. It's a very common mistake that other people make, thinking our social system is for free. Nothing in germany is for free, not even death as it costs your life (common german saying).
@@danielagalic2959 wtf are YOU talking about? First it cost you 400€ and only after you're 26 AND not a student. Second almost everything is covered in these 400€ from wisdom teeth removal to chemo therapy. Our life quality is way better than the US Bc we use our taxes to help each other out (social market, Bafög, harz IV, children money and much more). And if you end up poor, homeless or unemployed you won't live on the streets, the government takes care of you
@@Asehhar exactly what I'm saying. You pay taxes for all of that in case you didn't know it. It's called social insurance. Americans can choose to pay those too. Nobody is saying that they can't have a great health insurance for 400€ a month. And I'm pretty sure for that price it would cover hospital and all their ails too. You completely miss the point here. They don't pay those things, hence they don't get them. It's not for free. And let me tell you that the german child care isn't free either. Your kindergarten and after school care all costs additional money. It's an annual amount that's low enough for the kindergarten alright, but I had to pay 250€ a month for my son and his after school care in germany because I worked fulltime and German elementary schools finish at 12pm. And it's 26 in case you keep on studying. If you start work at 18 then you pay from then on.
Going into the gas-station is like forcing you to exit through the gift-shop in a Museum, Aquarium, etc.
This video is really good
Thanks for sharing Kelly😃
Thanks for watching! Happy you liked it :)
Actually, I think not paying at the pump has nothing to do with customers' needs but rather with the shop operators. Gas stations usually don't make much money by selling gas (their prices are dictated by the oil companies), but rather with the shop attached to the gas station. So they require drivers to come inside in the hope of them buying something in the store.
Yes, that's why.
There are also a few self-serving gas-stations. Where you can pay directly at the pump.
Iphones are just old-tech compared to android ... and the walled garden mentality of apple is kind of not appreciated (just my opinion)
the wall-in provides a sane level of app quality and security. whereas Google has completely lost control of that. as a consequence Google has to do a restart of Android.
First Android is not a phone brand so stop acting like it is. Android is just an OS and iOS was always better. Faster, more polished and secure.
My reason for having Android was the walled garden of Apple. Developers have to pay a lot to be able to develop for it, Mac only! There are several grass-roots apps indispensable for me, which are just not available for iOS.
@@AdrianoCROST I was a loyal to Apple for 8 years and it honestly wasn't that fast now that I'm looking back, I switched to Android recently from an iPhone 10 to a Samsung S9, Android is alot faster imo, I also experienced a better quality on videos and camera, and I have a headphone jack finally lol.
Now it may just be that Samsung is overall better and faster than apple(In my experience from switching), but i can't speak for other android companies, but Android does update their hardware alot more frequently compared to Apple which is probably why I experience much higher performance from my Samsung phone. Apple used to be good, but it just kinda has fallen in terms of quality over the years. If apple does catch up, I would be happy to switch back again.
Edit: I don't get your statement about android just being an OS, iPhone is also an OS. OS means operating system, the iOS just means the operating system is apple.
both Android and iOS have their points. I actually have both, being a Unix nerd, I was happy to finally see Linux based portables after so many false starts. the difference and in the case of Android, the problem, is the exosystem. The walled garden, if you like.Where Apple kept the garden neat and tidy, but would not cater to absolutely every tree or fruit taste, Google over the years simply lost control. the one Android garden does not exist, every manufacturer has its own, that still is connected to the main garden, but grows additional strange fruit (manufacturer specific apps and services). if you look closely, you‘ll find that Samsung locks you in just as Apple does. and every manufacturer has its own maintenance and release policy. I have 5 android tabs and only one of them can be updated to a sufficiently recent version of Android... meaning most of my devices are not sufficiently maintained to be safe to use with personal or otherwise sensitive data. Apple otoh normally gives you relevant udates rather quickly, but if you’re device is over 5 years old, you will. not receive the latest OS, often because the hardware has moved on.
so, if walled garden, it has to be one that is kept. And yes, Android is a walled garden, too. The main difference is that Google doesn‘t exert the necessary control to make manufacturers keep their OS releases in line and secure, and allows Chinese Gardens where you really can‘t be sure if the Duck with Flied Lies is fresh and that the Lychees aren’t bugged.
I imagine the frequency in which we cuss must have been shocking for you. I remember my host sister telling her mother about this one kid at school who would "use the b-word, the c-word, etc." And I knew which word is the b-word but I didnt know the c-word. She couldnt even tell me because she didnt wanna use that word. Some other time we talked to that kid and then she was like "So, did you hear him say the c-word?" And I was like "No" And only at that point she was like "Did you hear him say c***? Well that's the c-word!"
The German equivalents to both words can be heard all the time here in Germany.
And we dont know every single American song. There are some artists that I only heard of when I was in the states 13/14 years ago. Like Clay Aiken, Carrie Underwood, Hinder (I still like "Lips of an angel") etc.
the thing with the gas station is simple: they try u to look at all the stuff u can buy inside too and earn someextra cash that way
There are some gas stations were you can pay at the pump. But they are rare. And in Germany the people at the gas station make the most money with the shop, not with the fuel, so they want you to come in and buy some other stuff too. The money from the gas goes to the big company behind the station like Shell or Aral, or what ever and in form of taxes to the government.
Krass, Ammis sind echt prüde
nee, die tun nur so als ob
In Germany and the rest of Europa Gas stations are directly located at the Autobahn. While in most of the US you have to get odd the highway and hope you will find a nearby gas station and the on-ramp without having to make a d-Tour
I live now nearly 5 years and new people ask millions of questions. I'm like the 30 year experienced professional tour guide and knows all Languages guy...
#7 We Germans are like "I don't care what you do if you don't hurt or disturb somebody, if you want to go to a brothel then go, if you want to work in a brothel do it I don't care" this is my opinion on this topic.
I'd go a step further and say that the legalisation of prostitution has nothing but benefits. First is that this gives the prostitutes legal protection, improving their work conditions drastically. Second it helps to weed out human trafficking. Third it makes prostitution a regular occupation which means incometax for the state. And last but not least, regulations on prostitution also protect the prostitutes customers.
It's simply lying to say legalization has benefits only it actually made Germany the brothel of Europe and its no coincidence that most prostitutes are foreign women and a lot of prostitutes have addiction and psychological health issues. Pimps exploit vulnerable women from abroad who don't have the ressources to get help. Human trafficking and forced prostitution is a big problem in Germany. While pimping is still technically illegal the legalization of prostitution makes is way easier for pimps to exploit women. As long as the woman who is usually too afraid to speak up doesn't admit she has a pimp it is not possible to stop sex trafficking and of course the johns don't care at all. There are plenty of studies where johns admit the prostitutes they are visiting might be forced but they still decide to go on exploiting them.
I'm positive that Germany will adapt the Nordic model (buying sex is outlawed while offering it is not) somewhere in the future to help protect victims of sex trafficking.
@@AnimalEmancipation "germany is the brothel of europe" Is that supposed to be an argument?
Most prostitutes being foreign women, so what?
About the Health and additcion issues, i don't know the statistics for this but that might be correct. But is that problem related to the act of prostitution? As in "Prostitutes have a higher chance of getting health or addiction problems"?
As for the women being too afraid to speak up, yes that is a problem. It's the same problem with domestic or child abuse and it's a problem you have regardless of wether prostitution is legal or illegal. If it's legal the prostitute speaking up at the very least doesn't risk legal consequences for being a prostitute.
And the model of "buying sex is illegal but offering is not" is a bullshit concept. Imagine it being legal to offer any other servic but it's illegal to buy said service.
@Monokuma- I like that attitude, and it was the original concept of "American freedom" but we've long lost the strength to simply let others live as they wish to. Stay strong!
@@KingQwertzlbrmpf Many of these prostituts are victims of human trafficking and they de facto income is way below the minimal. The ones who benefits from this sotuation are pimps and middleage Frenchmans who are floding west Germany. Not to mention that from over 200000 prostitutes in Germany not even a hundred is actually registered
#3: The popularity of the iPhone in the USA is probably also because it's seen as a more American phone than Android which is often associated with Samsung. Also, Apple invests huge amounts of money into advertising and marketing which is way more prominent in the USA. Also, Germans seem to be more interested in open software platforms and against the closed system of Apple's iOS and its iTunes store.
I can't really see an iPhone as more of a luxury item than a similarly capable Android phone, even though the iPhones are typically much more expensive. Probably that was true seven or more years ago, but not in recent years.
Agreed.
Of course, low price can be an advantage, but I usually do an extensive research before buying a new phone as I want to get 1. the biggest bang for the buck and 2. the best feature set with regard to my requirements and usage profile. Never in my research the iPhone offered any USP I really wanted. (+ No adapters needed. :D)
Why the heck should iPhones be so popular in Germany as they are in the US? I don’t see any reasonable reason for that. Apple is obviously an American brand, Americans buy American phones and cars, like Germans buy German washing machines and cars, French buy French cars, Italians buy Italian cars.. why should this be that surprising?
@@GlenDevan1970 well, android is made by Google. So, it's American.
If we are talking about hardware, iPhones are pretty Asian, too. They are build by Foxconn, which is as non-American as a company can be.
I dont know in which Restaurants you eat, but i live in Germany (berlin) and in 30 years i never saw somebody leaving His Dinner for a smoke Break. 😬
At german Gas-Stations the Cashier is commonly a leaseholder, he is getting almost no profit from selling Gas, it only gets the mayority of the lease back in.
The real profit is made with everything other than the gas. Thats what causes the come-in-to-pay-logic.
this video is feeding so great into murican stereotypes xD
I agree. I think her experiences are based on her locations in both countries. As an American I disagree with some american experiences she has & I see in the comments that Germans agree & also disagree with her German experiences. Stereotypes are based on a small specific group. I release stereotypes, bc - when I expect nothing, I can be pleasantly surprised very easily!
As a german I have never experienced any of those smoking breaks during meals anywhere and I've even worked as a waiter before ... I'm pretty sure the places I eat at wouldn't just let everyone from the table get up and leave either without paying. That sounds super random to me and germans would be the first to frown upon such rude behaviour, if it were a common thing to happen.
Also I don't smoke and I rarely know anyone who does.
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